Dinh Thao

April 3, 2020

Response of Activist Dinh Thi Phuong Thao to Vietnamese Government’s Statement about Interrogation Her and Confiscation of Her Passport

by • Dinh Thao

Dear Friends and Colleagues, Recently, 4 UN Special Rapporteurs sent a communication to the Vietnamese government to question them for interrogating me and confiscating my passport when I returned to Vietnam on November 15, 2019. [1] The Vietnamese government has replied to the communication. [2] However, their explanations in the reply are just factually wrong […]

March 27, 2020

Mandates of the the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression; Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

by • [Human Rights], Dinh Thao, Pham Chi Dung

REFERENCE: AL VNM 5/2019 Excellency, 22 January 2020 PALAIS DES NATIONS • 1211 GENEVA 10, SWITZERLAND Mandates of the the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression; Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; […]

November 16, 2019

Vietnamese Activist Detained upon Landing in Hanoi After Four Years Staying Abroad for International Advocacy

by • Dinh Thao

Defend the Defenders, November 15, 2019   On November 15, Vietnam’s security forces detained female activist Dinh Thao upon her landing in Noi Bai International Airport after spending the last four years abroad for international advocacy, Defend the Defenders has learned. Mrs. Thao who has a 16-month baby returned in her home country from Bangkok […]